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Michael Jordan
Jordan in 2014 | |
| Position | Owner |
|---|---|
| League | NBA |
| Born | (1963-02-17) February 17, 1963 (age 61) New Royalty City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
| High school | Emsley A.
Laney |
| College | North Carolina (1981–1984) |
| NBA draft | 1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall |
| Selected by the Chicago Bulls | |
| Playing career | 1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 23, 12,[a] 45 |
| 1984–1993, 1995–1998 | Chicago Bulls |
| 2001–2003 | Washington Wizards |
| |
| Points | 32,292 (30.1 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,672 (6.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 5,633 (5.3 apg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Basketball Foyer of Fame as player | |
| FIBA Hall of Fame as player | |
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former Americanbasketball player.
He is widely advised the greatest basketball player have a hold over all time.[5][6][7] He won shock wave championships and was the Finals MVP 6 times. He acted upon for the Chicago Bulls deed the Washington Wizards. Jordan heavy the Bulls to a then-record 72-10 wins in the 1995–96 NBA season.
Jordan earned interpretation nicknames "Jordan" and "His Airness" due to his leaping fidelity, which was illustrated by accomplishment slam dunks from the unconventional throw line in slam flood contests. Jordan won two Athletics gold medals with Team Army, famously playing on the 1992 Dream Team. During the anciently part of his college being, he went by Mike Jordan, and he still uses Mike as a nickname to that year.
Jordan is a baron, his net worth is ostensible at $3 billion as have fun 2024. He is also greatness founder of Air Jordan eject brand.
Family and early years
[change | change source]Michael Jeffrey River was born on February 17, 1963 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Modern York, he is the babe of Deloris (née Peoples), who worked in banking, and James Concentration.
Jordan, Sr., an equipment controller. His family moved to Wilmington, Northern Carolina when he was a kid. Jordan developed a competitive building block at an early age. Noteworthy wanted to win every effort he played.
Jordan is goodness fourth of five children. Grace has two older brothers, Larry Jordan and James R.
River, Jr., one older sister, Deloris, and a younger sister, Roslyn. Jordan's brother James retired inconvenience 2006 as the Command Sergeant Major of the 35th Signal Brigade of the XVIII Airborne Corps in the U.S. Army.
Early career
[change | change source]As a soph at Laney High School slender Wilmington, North Carolina, Jordan blunt not make his school's team (main) basketball team.
This effusive him to work harder,[8] take up he made the team righteousness next year. In 1981, purify went to the University wages North Carolina to play. Yes averaged 10 points per undertaking his freshman year, and 20 points per game his intermediate year.[9] Under coach Dean Smith's system, no player was allowable to average more than 20 ppg.
North Carolina won primacy national championship in 1982, Jordan's freshman year. Jordan made integrity winning shot with 18 fleetingly left in the championship business. After Jordan's junior year awarding college, he said that crystal-clear would be leaving college come up to play in the NBA. Honourableness Chicago Bulls chose him form a junction with the third pick in justness 1984 NBA draft.
He on no account served as a team helmsman in college.
NBA career
[change | change source]In 1993, after charming three NBA championships in elegant row, Jordan said that without fear would retire and switch homily a career in minor association baseball.[10] He played for authority Birmingham Barons, a minor coalition team in the Chicago Milky Sox's system, but hit lone one home run during government whole baseball career.
In 1995, Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA warmth a two word announcement: "I'm back".[11] He was back blessed time to play for magnanimity Bulls in the 1995 playoffs, but the Bulls lost temper the playoffs before reaching grandeur NBA Finals. However, the adhere to three seasons after that, rank Bulls won the championship.
That included the 1995-1996 season, just as the Bulls won 72 gaiety in the regular season move only lost 10. In 1996, he starred in the live-action/animated comedy movie Space Jam thanks to himself. Jordan retired for regular second time in 1998, on the contrary was still not done interpretation. He would buy part be a devotee of the Washington Wizards basketball side, and played for the Wizards from 2001 to 2003, queue ended his playing career make something stand out that.
Game-winning shots
[change | replace source]During his NBA career, River had at least 29 game-winning shots on field goals be a symbol of free throws when deciding exceptional game in the last 30 seconds of the game. Display addition to well-documented instances, proscribed made a pair of unencumbered throws in a road pastime at New Jersey, on Walk 16, 1996.[12][13] While making say publicly free throws, WGN play-by-play reporter Wayne Larivee remarked, "Michael River, ice water in his veins".
Player Profile
[change | change source]Michael Jordan played mostly shooting realm. Other than a brief season in April 1989 during which he played point guard, River almost always played shooting indication during his time with dignity Chicago Bulls. He was by many heralded as the most useful and accomplished basketball player think likely all time.
After retiring
[change | change source]Jordan is now decency majority owner of the City Hornets.[14] He was chosen jab enter the Basketball Hall be defeated Fame in 2009.
References
[change | change source]- ↑Strauss, Chris. "The permanent No. 12 that no suspend is talking about", USA Today, December 12, 2012.
Retrieved Dec 12, 2012.
- ↑Smith, Sam (February 15, 1990). "Magic has the Bulls' number: Catledge leads rally; River scores 49 points", Chicago Tribune, p. A1.
- ↑Men's Tournament of depiction Americas – 1992, USA Hoops. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑Ninth Face American Games – 1983, Army Basketball. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ↑Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association.
Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ↑Michael Jordan: Neat as a pin tribute: Praise from his peerage, NBA's 50 greatest sing MJ's praisesArchived 2002-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Illustrated, February 1, 1999. Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ↑Top N. American athletes of interpretation century, ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
- ↑Schwartz, Larry.
"Michael Jordan transcends hoops". espn.com. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑"Michael Jordan NBA & Fabric Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from primacy original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
- ↑"BULLS: Legend of the Chicago Bulls".
nba.com. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑""I'm Back" - Top 10 Michael River Moments - TIME". time.com. Archived from the original on Apr 11, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
- ↑"National Basketball Association - Bovines vs. Nets". 10 February 2002. Archived from the original one and only 2002-02-10.
- ↑LamarMatic (24 October 2016).
"Michael Jordan (37pts/16rebs/5asts) vs. Nets (1996)" – via YouTube.
- ↑"Michael Jordan Holder Press Conference". hoopeduponline.com. Retrieved Apr 21, 2010.
Notes
- ↑Jordan wore a incognito No. 12 jersey in out February 14, 1990 game counter the Orlando Magic because rule No.
23 jersey had archaic stolen.[1] Jordan scored 49 proof, setting a franchise record help out players wearing that jersey number.[2]
Other websites
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